The 10th meeting of board of governors of the Regional Centre for Urban Water Management will be held in Tehran on December 5.
Organized under the auspices of UNESCO, the meeting will be attended by water and energy ministers and senior officials from 16 countries chaired by Iran, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
The governing board includes Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Germany, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen.
Representatives from UNESCO, World Meteorological Organization, FAO and the United Nations Development Program will also attend.
The main agenda of the meeting will be sharing experience in areas of adaptation to water shortages, flood and drought management, water quality, using unconventional waters and training and capacity building.
Concurrent with the meeting, an exhibition will be held on the capacity and progress of Iran’s water industry.
The Regional Centre on Urban Water Management was established in 2002 in Tehran following an agreement signed between Iran and UNESCO.
RCUWM contributes to water-related projects of UNESCO’s strategic program by capacity building, knowledge sharing and research at regional and international levels.
The agreement between Iran and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding RCUWM was extended recently, signed and exchanged for its third period of activities as for 2018-2023.
The center’s main activities include conducting training courses and capacity building programs on various topics, such as water scarcity adaptation and demand management, supporting joint research and technology transfer projects plus partnership and networking at regional and international levels.
